An die musik live
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Buy tickets online through InstantSeats.
To buy via phone, please call 410-385-2638.
Thank you for your interest in attending our concerts.
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Sun, 11/18/07
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(2014 days ago)
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From: 07:00 PM
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To: 08:00 PM
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Location: An die Musik Live
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Contact:
henry@andiemusik.com
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(410) 385-2638
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www.duotransatlantique.com
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Tickets $ 15 / $ 12 seniors & students
Formed in the fall of 2002, Duo Transatlantique is comprised of Benjamin Beirs, a student of Julian Gray, and fellow Peabody guitarist Maud Laforest, a student of Manuel Barrueco. Under the coaching of Julian Gray, they have achieved much success in the United States and Europe. In the summer of 2005 in Paris, the duo won first prize in the Union Francaise des Artistes Musiciens Guitar Duo Competition and performed a recital in the American Cathedral in Paris. In addition to their frequent overseas performances, the duo has twice been asked to perform at Peabody's Thursday Noon Recital Series, and was selected to represent Peabody at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in a series entitled "The Conservatory Project." The duo was handpicked to represent Peabody at the Johns Hopkins Knowledge for the World gala. In July 2007, the duo could be heard throughout France, in music festivals as well as church recitals.
PROGRAM:
Maximo Diego Pujol:
Tango, Milonga y Final
Claude Debussy:
Clair de Lune
Premiere Arabesque
Pierre Petit:
Toccata
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco:
Fuga Elegiaca
Prelude and Fugue in E major
Cesar Franck:
Prelude, Fugue et Variations
Manuel de Falla:
Danza Espanola n.1
Magic Circle
Miller's Dance
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Benjamin Beirs began playing the guitar at age 6 and began his studies with esteemed pedagogue and performer Julian Gray in 2001. Under Grays skilled tutelage he holds a Bachelors of Music degree in guitar performance and a Masters of Music in Guitar Performance / Pedagogy from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. Ben looks forward to continuing his studies at Peabody with Mr. Gray in the Graduate Performance Diploma program.
Recent competition prizes include first prize in the 2007 National Guitar Workshop International Solo competition, first prize in the guitar division of the 2007 Baltimore Music Club Competition and second prize in Peabodys most prestigious instrumental competition, the Yale Gordon Concerto Competition. Ben is also the recipient of numerous prizes and scholarships including the Charlie Byrd Memorial Guitar Scholarship, the Harold Randolph Prize for performance, and the Theodore Presser Scholarship. He has participated in masterclasses with artists such as Manuel Barrueco, David Russell, Sergio Assad, Eliot Fisk, Pepe Romero, Adam Holzman, Martha Masters, Nicholas Goluses, William Kanengeiser, and Dimitri Illarionov. In addition to a busy performance schedule, Ben is a guitar instructor at Music and Arts in Germantown, MD and at the Peabody Preparatory. See http://www.benjaminbeirs.com for more information.
Last but not least, Ben is also interested in outreach. Through the Creative Access, a musical outreach group at Peabody, Ben has found a way to combine his love of service with his music. Currently he serves as a site-coordinator for the Creative Access, where he and other volunteers perform on a regular basis for the Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. Please see http://www.thecreativeaccess.com for more information.
Born in France, Maud Laforest started the guitar at age 4. She moved to England for 3 years, where she made her first public appearance at age 10. In 1996, she settled in Texas where she studied at SMU with Robert Guthrie. She holds a Bachelor and a Master of Guitar Performance from the Peabody Conservatory, where she studied with Manuel Barrueco. Additionally she benefited from the musical teaching of Carlos Marin.
She regularly participates in masterclasses with world-renowned guitarists such as Sergio Assad, Roberto Aussel, Manuel Barrueco, Carlos Bonnell, Eduardo Catemario, Costas Cotsiolis, Betho Davezac, John Dearman, Simon Dinnigan, John Duarte, Roland Dyens, Eduardo Fernandez, Nicolas Goluses, Bruce Holzman, Adam Holzman, Ricardo Iznaola, Tom Johnson, Bill Kanengiser, Dale Kavanagh, Nikita Koshkin, Juan Carlos Laguna, David Leisner, John Mills, Thomas Muller-Pering, Paul ODette, Helena Papandreou, Christopher Parkening, Pepe Romero, David Russell, David Tanenbaum, Scott Tennant, and Stanley Yates.
She is a prizewinner of numerous competitions in the United States and in Europe, notably the Guitar Foundation of America, the International Guitar Competition in Buffalo, NY, the American Strings Teacher Association in Texas, and received first prizes in the U.F.A.M (niveau honneurs in solo and duo Duo Transatlantique), the International Guitar Competition in Nürtingen, Germany, the Collin County Young Artists concerto competition. In several of these events, Maud was the first guitarist to receive an award. Most recently she was awarded 2nd prize in Mottola, Italy, 3rd prize in Arhanes, Greece, and 3rd prize at the International Solo Competition of the GFA in Oberlin, OH.
Maud performs regularly in public in the US and in France, and was the youngest musician ever to be selected by the Dallas Classic Guitar Society. She appeared on the radio show From the Top and "Dans la Cour des Grands", a French National Music Radio program hosted by Gaëlle le Gallic. Visit www.maudlaforest.com for more.
For more information, please visit: www.duotransatlantique.com
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